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Vizcaya ( "Spanish Steamer" )

Vizcaya

Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Spain
Name:
Vizcaya is a Basque province in northern Spain. The Basques are a fiercely independent seafaring people of unknown origin.
Built:
1872, England, as Santander
Specs:
( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 103 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with schooner Cornelius Hargraves - 60 casualties
Depth:
80 ft

CompassThe sinking of the Vizcaya was truly a maritime tragedy. The coal schooner Cornelius Hargraves was apparently under full sail at night with no running lights when it struck the Vizcaya, almost cutting the steamer in half. The Hargrave's bowsprit then raked across the Vizcaya's deck, demolishing the lifeboats and everything else in its path. The Vizcaya sank in minutes, and soon afterwards the Hargraves settled to the bottom nearby.

Survivors of the Cornelius Hargraves picked up several from the Vizcaya in their lifeboat, while a few survived by clinging to the protruding mast tops or were picked up by passing ships. None of the women and children aboard the Vizcaya survived.

Today, the Vizcaya is a large low debris field, the highest points being the boilers and engine. It occasionally produces artifacts, and is known as a good lobster wreck. I am told that the deck beams in the drawing below are greatly exaggerated, and that the boilers are much bigger than shown.

(c) George Power

Vizcaya

New York Times


 

Cornelius Hargraves

Cornelius Hargraves

Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1889, Camden ME, USA
Specs:
( 211 x 45 ft ) 1332 gross tons, 10 crew
Sunk:
Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with steamer Vizcaya - no casualties
Depth:
80 ft

A typical wooden sailing ship wreck, with three parallel walls, machinery pile at one end, and odds & ends in-between.

(c) 2007 Rich Galiano
The steam-powered anchor winch

(c) 2007 Rich Galiano
A bit lies in the middle of the wreck

(c) 2007 Rich Galiano
A pair of wheels